How YABATECH benefitted

The Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) benefited from the refurbishment of its facilities by the Lagos State Government ahead of the just-concluded 18th National Sports Festival (NSF), an official said on Thursday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that YABATECH hostels were among three venues used as Games Villages by athletes during the festival. Some of the institution’s facilities were also used for training.

Fredrick Yamala, Director of Sports, YABATECH, told NAN in Lagos that the selection of the institution as one of the Games Villages was a blessing in disguise.

According to him, our hostels and the sports complex are now wearing new looks because of the facelift given to them ahead of the commencement of the Games. He also said that the institution had no regrets whatsoever, stressing that the authority was grateful to the state government for fulfilling its promise of renovating the hostels and the sports complex.

Yamala also said that in addition, some food vendors and retail shop owners on the campus made high sales from participants during the Games. Yamala said that the state of the sports complex would no doubt, inspire students to take to sports, stressing they hope to put the facility to good use.

NAN reports that hostels like the PostGraduate, Augustus Aikhomu, Moshood Abiola, Akata and Bakassi halls, were re-painted, while their defective plumbing, electricity wirings and toilets were also fixed. The volleyball and handball courts were refurbished while the football pitch was also re-grassed.